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He has been fitted with a metal frame which supports his whole body weight, and is attached to the bus via a prosthetic arm ( his his right arm in the picture) which has a metal supporting rod through it which is attached to the bus.

The illusion works because of the layering of clothes he is wearing, His real right arm is by his side covered by his baggy jacket, also because he is high you cannot see the prosthetic arm in detail.

If you look very carefully at the picture you can you can see a defined V in his crotch area where the supporting harness is taking the weight of his body.

It is also possible that his right food is in some sort of stirrup connected to the harness/ metal frame this is disguised by him wearing over sized trainers and baggy pants , note that his left leg is not supported giving the illusion that both legs can move .

For the illusion to work all the people on the top deck of the bus are stooges , adding to the illusion he is levitating , where in reality they would be able to see the supporting structure inside the bus.